CHICAGO - When a vacancy opened in Chicago's 7th Ward for GOP Committeeman, Cook County GOP Chairman Aaron Del Mar said he asked his vice-chairman from the neighboring 6th Ward - Darnell Macklin - for recommendations. Macklin suggested local activist Charon Bryson, who has a history of voting De...

Deb Mell to succeed dad as 33rd Ward alderman Others will say what they will, but while it would not be fair to appoint Deb just because her name is Mell, it would have been equally unfair to her constituents and the city to refuse to appoint her because her last name is ...Mell.... Mayor Rahm ...

Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s embezzlement case is proving just how small Washington's legal world can be. The first judge randomly assigned to the case in Washington's federal trial court has now recused himself. Today in court, the second judge—also randomly assigned—took extr...

By Jeremy Segal - In the Illinois 2nd District Special Election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Independence USA PAC has gone all in, spending an estimated $1.4 million in attack ads against former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson and endorsing anti-gun-extremist...

With early voting set to begin Monday, Robin Kelly (D) was endorsed today by U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush and Danny Davis in the special 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary. Rush, a South Side Democrat, and Davis, a West Side Democrat, each cited Kelly’s long-time support for restrictions on ...

CHICAGO - Three days ago, the 15th shooting victim of 2013 was reported in Chicago. Friday afternoon, three more shootings were reported and the number of killings is now nearing 20. At this rate, Chicago's murder rate could reach 700 in 2013, higher than 2012. Each one of these murdered Chicago...

From Sunday's print column It will be an affront to democracy, a vile insult to the voters in Illinois’ 2nd U.S. congressional district if ailing U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. drops his bid for re-election and retires from politics before the November election. Which is why I fully expect it to h...

CHICAGO - Voter Sarah Gough tells Illinois Review she went to her Chicago 4th CD, 32nd Ward polling place and when she offered her name, the judge flipped to her page, which was on pink paper. The judges told Sarah that a pink page indicates there may be some issues with the voter registration, ...

Change of Subject: There were about 40 mayoral candidates that pulled out of the mayoral race, not just Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd). Now, The Chicago Machine as sent three challengers to attack Waguespack. See The Chicago Code: The 32nd Ward Connection at: http://exm.nr/fBMrq7
Joe Lake, Chicago

(32nd Ward Alderman. Scott)Waguespack talked about challenging the boss. Common wisdom assumes Daley would have survived, but the mayor had reached the tipping point. And in a one-on-one race between a fresh-faced Waguespack and the tired jowls of King Shortshanks, the Daleys would have lost the...